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Middle Tennessee was under a “code orange” air quality alert because of the burning wildfires. Active older adults and children as well as people with respiratory diseases such as asthma had to limit their time outside until the smoke cleared the area.
Middle Tennessee residents in several counties including Coffee County reported smelling and seeing smoke on Sunday and Monday.
As of Sunday, the Tennessee Department of Agriculture reported more than 70 fires burning state-wide, including eight new fires that started on Sunday. The fires currently burning have burned more than 13,000 acres.
Multiple emergency agencies in Middle Tennessee asked the public to not call about the smoke and smell. They assured everyone it was from the wildfires and that there was no immediate danger to our area.
According to the Division of Forestry no one in the state of Tennessee is being issued burn permits.
